(of legal proceedings)
31legal proceeding — In the broad sense, any action or special proceeding in court. In a narrower sense, an action or special proceeding at law rather than in equity. As used in the Bankruptcy Act nullifying liens obtained by legal proceedings within four months… …
32Legal medicine — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Legal medicine is also called forensic medicine. A physician may be engaged in legal (or forensic) medicine while a lawyer with… …
33legal aid — noun payment from public funds allowed, in cases of need, to help pay for legal proceedings or advice …
34legal aid — /ligəl ˈeɪd/ (say leeguhl ayd) noun financial assistance given to persons according to a scale based on income and capital for the purpose of legal proceedings …
35Legal aid — is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and …
36Legal challenges to NSA warrantless searches in the United States — started one month after the existence of an NSA domestic surveillance program was revealed in the press on December 16, 2005. The litigation faces unusual obstacles. Alberto Gonzales has admitted that the NSA program includes spying on attorney… …
37Legal history — or the history of law is the study of how law has evolved and why it changed. Legal history is closely connected to the development of civilizations and is set in the wider context of social history. Among certain jurists and historians of legal… …
38Legal death — is a legal pronouncement by a qualified person that further medical care is not appropriate and that a patient should be considered dead under the law. The specific criteria used to pronounce legal death are variable and often depend on certain… …
39legal action — I noun action, action at law, cause, controversy, instituted proceedings, judicial proceedings, judicial recourse, lawsuit, legal process, legal recourse, litigation, matter, proceeding, process, prosecution, suit, suit in law II index action… …
40legal proceeding — I noun action, action at law, case, cause, controversy, instituted proceedings, judicial recourse, lawsuit, legal process, legal recourse, litigation, matter, proceedings, suit II index action (proceeding), controversy (lawsuit) …
